The attribution of one's own feelings to an object or others, especially in aesthetics.

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"

The redirection of feelings from one person to another, especially in a psychoanalytic context.

the natural purpose or activity of something, such as a biological or chemical process; often used as a suffix to mean "-ation" or "-ing" as in 消化 xiāo​huà plus this word for "digestion"